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France orders Apple to pull iPhone 12 off shelves for high radiation levels
France orders Apple to pull iPhone 12 off shelves for high radiation levels
Apple is fighting France's claims that the iPhone 12 surpasses European radiation exposure limits after French regulators on Tuesday ordered a pause on sales and a fix to phones already sold to customers.
2023-09-13 23:55
YouTube reveals AI music experiments that allow people to make music in other people’s voices and by humming
YouTube reveals AI music experiments that allow people to make music in other people’s voices and by humming
YouTube has revealed a host of new, musical artificial intelligence experiments. The features let people create musical texts by just writing a short piece of text, instantly and automatically generating music in the style of a number of artists. Users can also hum a simple song into their computer and have it turned into a detailed and rich piece of music. The new experiments are YouTube’s latest attempt to deal with the possibilities and dangers of AI and music. Numerous companies and artists have voiced fears that artificial intelligence could make it easier to infringe on copyright or produce real-sounding fake songs. One of the new features is called “Dream Track”, and some creators already have it, with the aim of using it to soundtrack YouTube Shorts. It is intended to quickly produce songs in people’s style. Users can choose a song in the style of a number of officially-licensed artists: Alec Benjamin, Charlie Puth, Charli XCX, Demi Lovato, John Legend, Papoose, Sia, T-Pain, and Troye Sivan. They can then ask for a particular song, deciding on the tone or themes of the song, and it can then be used in their post on Shorts. Another is called Music AI Tools, and is aimed to help musicians with their creative process. It came out of YouTube’s Music AI Incubator, a working group of artists, songwriters and producers who are experimenting with the use of artificial intelligence in music. “It was clear early on that this initial group of participants were intensely curious about AI tools that could push the limits of what they thought possible. They also sought out tools that could bolster their creative process,” YouTube said in an announcement. “As a result, those early sessions led us to iterate on a set of music AI tools that experiment with those concepts. Imagine being able to more seamlessly turn one’s thoughts and ideas into music; like creating a new guitar riff just by humming it or taking a pop track you are working on and giving it a reggaeton feel. “We’re developing prospective tools that could bring these possibilities to life and Music AI Incubator participants will be able to test them out later this year.” The company gave an example of one of those tools, where a producer was able to hum a tune and then have it turned into a track that sounded as if it had been professionally recorded. The tools are built on Google Deepmind’s Lyria system. The company said that was built specifically for music, overcoming problems such as AI’s difficulties with producing long sequences of sound that keep their continuity and do not break apart. At the same time, Deepmind said it had been working on a technology called SynthID to combine it with Lyria. That will put an audio watermark into the sound, which humans cannot hear but which can be recognised by tools so that they know the songs have been automatically generated. “This novel method is unlike anything that exists today, especially in the context of audio,” Deepmind said,. “The watermark is designed to maintain detectability even when the audio content undergoes many common modifications such as noise additions, MP3 compression, or speeding up and slowing down the track. SynthID can also detect the presence of a watermark throughout a track to help determine if parts of a song were generated by Lyria.” The announcement comes just days after YouTube announced restrictions on unauthorised AI clones of musicians. Earlier this week it said that users would have to tag AI-generated content that looked realistic, and music that “mimics an artist’s unique singing or rapping voice” will be banned entirely. Those videos have proven popular in recent months, largely thanks to online tools that allow people to easily combine a voice with an existing song and create something entirely new, such as Homer Simpson singing popular hits. Those will not be affected straight away, with the new requirements rolling out next year. Read More AI-generated faces are starting to look more real than actual ones Elon Musk unveils new sarcasm-loving AI chatbot for premium X subscribers New tech listens to your belly gurgling and monitors how well you are New tech listens to your belly gurgling and monitors how well you are SpaceX is launching the world’s biggest rocket – follow live Instagram users warned about new setting that could accidentally expose secrets
2023-11-17 04:50
The Best Cleaning Sweeper, Roborock S7 Max Ultra Launched
The Best Cleaning Sweeper, Roborock S7 Max Ultra Launched
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2023-06-19 12:48
What to Do When You've Been Hacked
What to Do When You've Been Hacked
Are you active online? If you’re sloppy with your passwords or if you post too
2023-06-09 01:29
The Best Tablets for 2023
The Best Tablets for 2023
There are countless tablets on the market, but which one is right for you? Whether
2023-07-06 04:48
US Bets on Offshore Wind Boom in Oil-Rich Gulf of Mexico
US Bets on Offshore Wind Boom in Oil-Rich Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico has been a hub for US oil production for decades. A government auction Tuesday
2023-08-29 00:26
How to avoid the No. 1 text message scam putting your money at risk
How to avoid the No. 1 text message scam putting your money at risk
Bank impersonations are the top reported type of text message scam
2023-08-30 21:24
Main South Africa Power Union Calls to Suspend Climate Finance Pact
Main South Africa Power Union Calls to Suspend Climate Finance Pact
The main labor union at South Africa’s state power utility called for the suspension of an $8.5 billion
2023-10-02 21:47
How to watch the 2023-2024 UEFA Champions League soccer season in the U.S.
How to watch the 2023-2024 UEFA Champions League soccer season in the U.S.
UPDATE: Sep. 15, 2023, 12:04 p.m. EDT This article has been updated to reflect the
2023-09-16 04:17
EU Power-Market Design Talks Fail Amid French Nuclear Rift
EU Power-Market Design Talks Fail Amid French Nuclear Rift
European Union energy ministers failed to agree on how to overhaul the bloc’s electricity market, with disagreement over
2023-06-20 03:49
MrBeast's Creator League welcomes IShowSpeed onboard, CDawgVA plans to withdraw amid NFT concerns
MrBeast's Creator League welcomes IShowSpeed onboard, CDawgVA plans to withdraw amid NFT concerns
Creator League boasts a star-studded lineup of eight talented members such as Vinnie Hacker, OpTicGaming, Clix, Bella Porarch, and OTK, among others
2023-09-04 14:26
Roborock's S8 series vacuums haven't even been out for 2 months, but they're already on sale
Roborock's S8 series vacuums haven't even been out for 2 months, but they're already on sale
SAVE UP TO 23%: As of June 6, the new Roborock S8 and Roborock S8+
2023-06-07 00:16